Word.ws English Dictionary

smooth function

smooth function noun: a function that has derivatives of all finite orders everywhere in its domain.

Noun

smooth function (plural smooth functions)

  1. A function that has derivatives of all finite orders everywhere in its domain.
    • Any ANALYTIC FUNCTION is smooth. But a smooth function is not necessarily analytic.2003, Eric W. Weisstein, CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics, →ISBN, page 419

Forms of smooth function

pluralsmooth functions

Origin of smooth function

smooth + function

Questions about smooth function

What does smooth function mean?
Smooth function means a function that has derivatives of all finite orders everywhere in its domain.
What part of speech is smooth function?
Smooth function is a noun.
What is the plural of smooth function?
The plural of smooth function is smooth functions.

Words near smooth function in the dictionary

  1. smooth cordgrass
  2. smooth down
  3. smooth endoplasmic reticulum
  4. smooth fox terrier
  5. smooth fox terriers
  6. smooth function
  7. smooth functions
  8. smooth green snake
  9. smooth green snakes
  10. smooth handfish
  11. smooth hound

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: smooth function (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “smooth function.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/smooth_function. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.